Using relative risk to compare the effects of aquatic stressors at a regional scale

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1020-1030

  Van Sickle, John ^a   Stoddard, John L ^a   Paulsen, Steven G ^a   Olsen, Anthony R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMAP; Environmental stressor; Relative survey; Sample survey; Stream monitoring

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (EMAP); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSOR; RELATIVE SURVEY; SAMPLE SURVEY; STREAM MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGIONALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCALE UP; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751232052     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0240-0     Document Type: Article

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